australian open
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Serena Williams Set to Return to Tennis for 1st Time Since Birth of Her Daughter
The GOAT, aka Serena Williams, is set to play next Saturday at the Mubadala exhibition tennis event in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. It will be her first time playing tennis since giving birth and winning the Australian Open 11 months ago. As CNN reports, Williams’ last tournament win was even more legendary…
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Ex-ESPN Announcer Sues, Claims He Never Called Venus Williams ‘Gorilla’
So this one is a bit of a head-scratcher, and I think the initial villain may have a point. So, back in January, former ESPN tennis announcer Doug Adler used the term “gorilla effect” to describe Venus Williams’ domination over Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele during the Australian Open. I, and many other journalists, hopped all over…
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ESPN Uses the ‘Gorilla Effect’ and Drops Announcer Who Came for Venus Williams
ESPN used the “gorilla effect” when it dropped tennis commentator Doug Adler from its Australian Open coverage and his remaining assignments after he compared Venus Williams’ play to that of a gorilla. On Thursday, Alder used his “around-my-white-friends words” when attempting to describe Williams’ advantage in attacking Stefanie Voegele’s second serve. Watch below: Alder claimed…
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Australian Open Announcer Compares Venus Williams to Gorilla
I am going to need announcers to use their white-people words when talking about Venus Williams’ domination in tennis. Sure, Venus and Serena have been at the top of the tennis world for 20 years, so describing their game and the way they annihilate their opponents shouldn’t be new to announcers. Alas, an assclown still…